Sentence examples for seeks to make a statement from inspiring English sources

The buildings are among 200 that are part of "Breathing Lights," an installation across Albany, Schenectady and Troy that seeks to make a statement about the blight spreading across poor neighborhoods.

But one project from the Wearable Technology Lab at the University of Minnesota seeks to make a statement on the need to make sure such technologies make the user look and feel good.

Each candidate sought to make a statement with his itinerary today.

Lawmakers — and presidents — often seek to make a statement with the guests they invite to the State of the Union.

It appeared that there were far more vendors looking to make a buck selling inaugural chocolate bars and Obama incense than protesters seeking to make a statement.

It appeared there were far more vendors looking to make a buck selling Inaugural Chocolate Bars and Obama Incense than protesters seeking to make a statement.

"It was a cultural collision that had more to do with symbolic power than dollars, as each man sought to make a statement about who who should rule New York," Chris McNickle wrote in his 1993 book, "To Be Mayor of New York".

And a young Arthur Bremer, seeking to make a statement of his manhood for the world to see, as he put it, shot the candidate four times, paralyzing him from the waist down.

Ahh, 134 years later, you may say, attitudes had changed, in November 1985… a solicitor with a small private practice, but also a senior legal assistant for Times newspapers, sought to make a statement in open court to announce the settlement of a libel case brought against Cyril Smith by Leo Abse and other members of the Labour party.

But after another week or so of race-related controversy, with the low point coming in Serbia last Tuesday, when the England Under-21 player Danny Rose was subjected to monkey chants from the crowd, the Ferdinands have sought to make a statement that might help matters to move forward.

Security analysts had warned that attacks could increase during Ramadan, the Muslim holy month that began this week, as militants seek to make a statement.